I am an amateur radio operator. I have recently discovered OuterNet and am very excited about what does and what it can do. I have an idea for amateur radio operators around the world.

I can envision the OuterNet providing ASC data of information from the DX Cluster we all use for World Wide Communication. It provides spotting of who is on the air, in what part of the world, and what frequency they are using.

This information is available all over the internet BUT in areas where internet is not available an amateur radio operator will still be able to locate other stations using the OuterNet. I am not able to explain it better but GOOGLE DX Cluster and you will understand the need.

I would expect a delay. An Amateur radio DX post occurs one line at a time and the next post would occur a few second later or longer depending on DX activity. I do not know the response time from a DX posting a message and it appearing on the Outernet. If I had to guess there are several messages encapsulated then sent to the Outernet.

Konrad - Thanks for your response on my request/idea. I feel it is “huge” too. It can work since it is one way traffic (information) posted by amateur radio operators. Outernet can be used by amateur radio operators worldwide and would be well appreciated during a DX Expedition.

Using the Outernet and Amateur Radio with the DX cluster information will allow radio operators globally to communicate worldwide.

Thank for your suggestion on proof of concept. I sent two messages. Both messages I was able to view with OuterNet. The first message took 10 minutes and the next message took 5 minutes. The response time is acceptable.

Are there other amateur radio operators that wish to comment on this idea?

+1. I also think this is a great idea. Would love to see DX reports come out over Outernet. Not sure if doing it via APRS is the best option. But certainly some data stream of DX spots to Outernet is an awesome idea.

Should the L-band narrowband service be abandoned, it could be considered to re-purpose the existing L-band receivers to be used on a narrowband service on the future Es’Hail2 satellite (which will carry a 13cm->3cm transponder at the 26e orbital position). With a modified TV LNB (PLL type) the receivers could be used as an IF backend. A datastream with amateur radio related content could be setup, which would include APRS, DXcluster, amateur radio related news and Wikipedia-like articles, etc.
Of course it would be nice to discuss it with the operators (Qatar and AMSAT-DL) but I would think they would consider it a good idea when appropriate signal level and bandwidth is used.